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Personalized Pork

How can I not bring attention to an article titled, “Congress should terminate its Edifice Complex”?

…ego-driven pork-barrel projects protect incumbents, fuel their vanity and cost taxpayers real money. And they should stop.

This problem is bicameral and bipartisan.

The fact that it is bicameral and bipartisan should be disheartening to all citizens, but it also means that the practice is firmly entrenched and loved by politicians. It’s a great op-ed that Deroy Murdock has written on the topic. I would love to see this problem taken seriously by legislators.